The City of Alexandria’s Fiscal Year 2026 Annual Arts Program Grant is now accepting applications.
Donor Name: City of Alexandria
State: Virginia
City: Alexandria
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/28/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
For over 30 years, the City of Alexandria has provided arts grants to numerous arts organizations, artists, and service providers to ensure that all residents of Alexandria have access to quality arts experiences in their community. The Office of the Arts staff are stewards of the Arts Grant program. Annually, a Grant Task Force is established, comprised of Arts Commissioners, arts administrators, and grant professionals.
Annual Arts Program Grants Goals
The Arts Program Grant has the following goals:
- To strengthen Alexandria’s creative capacity by providing its residents with diverse opportunities to meaningfully engage with the arts
- To improve the capacity and stability of Alexandria-based organizations to create, perform, and present works of artistic excellence and innovation through organizational support and program funding
- To create a vibrant urban environment by supporting diverse individual artists, organizations, and other entities in the creation, performance, and presentation of high quality works of art across the City of Alexandria.
Funding Information
Arts Program Grants are available for up to $12,500.
Grant Period
This grant supports arts programs occurring between July 1, 2025, and June 30, 2026.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be a non-profit organization who has been in existence for 1 full year before applying
- Pass-through grants are not allowed
- Programs must take place within Alexandria’s city limits (does not include Fairfax County)
- The applicant has not been in default of payment to any agency of the City of Alexandria
- Proposed budget provides the required cash match
- Funding from the City of Alexandria such as, but limited to, the Marketing Fund, the Alexandria City Public Schools and from other Departments, cannot be used for the cash match
- Incomplete applications will not be considered for funding
- City agencies, employees, or volunteers (defined as any agency under the direct control of an elected official, or which reports directly to the City Manager, may not apply for an Arts Grant; they may only play a supportive role in a program proposed by an organization or group
- Colleges, universities, religious organizations, and libraries may not receive grants for arts.
For more information, visit City of Alexandria.